yannic

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[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Just as an example of how ass-backwards and nickle-and-diming Canada's universal healthcare is, I had abdominal surgery several years ago. Sure, the surgery was covered, but the travel and parking weren't, and neither were the pain meds and cane for my recovery.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is this because they get limited compensation from the union for a short time during strikes and lockouts, and by being laid off at this time, this employment insurance may kick in around the same time as their union strike benefits dwindle?

I know so little about these things. I'm just going by what my wife has mentioned in passing, and she was a local president (not as glorious a position as it sounds -- more like whomever got the short straw every two years).

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I did the same with The Wolverine. I thought the non-subtitled Japanese parts were an impressive artistic choice. I didn't need to know what they were saying thanks to tge acting and other context clues.

It wasn't until a couple of lengthy flashbacks that I started to suspect something wasn't right.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Doctrine is revealed slowly and incrementally like the unfolding of flower petals, but discipline can change as the need arises. Cremation was avoided originally because it was associated with disbelief in the resurrection.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's exactly it, and I'm surprised more people don't see it that way. For such fiction, there will almost always be a bigger nerd that eclipses your own knowledge on any particular aspect of canon, and yet someone pays half-attention to a child's curriculum or reads a Dawkins or Hitchens book and it's treated as an insult to their intelligence to politely inform them of something they may have missed.

At least fanfic arguments tend to lean more civil, and are generally seen as an expression of zeal between peers who all enjoy the same thing, albeit with differing opinions on the details.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Limbo for unbaptized infants is a theological opinion that has fallen out of popularity in favour of other, more merciful theories.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Is it possible Paul is referring to the accidents, not the substance?

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's best to avoid all ribbon campaigns altogether to avoid being misinterpreted, including poppies.

When someone asks me why I'm not wearing {x}, I tell them I am making a stand against peer pressure.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks to Poe's Law, you may want to try this next time: "/s"

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago

Even Jason figured this one out.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

My understanding is that the cost of Extended Security Updates (ESU) goes up every year.

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